EARLY MODERN PERIOD

1. The World Economy
2. Europe 1450-1750
3. The Rise of Russia
4. Spain and Latin American Colonies
5. Africans and the Africans in the Age of the Slave Trade
6. Muslim Empires


Early Modern Period (1450 - 1750)

• THREE major changes

1. Forging of New Global Economy
   • World trade = more complex and now included the Americas
2. Biological Exchange
   • Food, animals, and people were exchanged
   • Food exchange = increased populations
   • Europeans who came into Americas spread their diseases and decimated populations
   • Horses changed lives of Americas
3. New Empires
   • New Empires based on advanced technology:
     • Weapons (gunnery)
     • Shipbuilding

• Several political features were preserved:
  • Cultural stabilities (global contacts did not greatly affect culture patterns)
• Social change = "work harder"
  • Child labor increased
  • Countries demand more out of inhabitants (ex. China changed currency to silver, made people work harder, greater expectations)
  • Slave trade
• New Period = COMPLEXITY